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Definition of Lappet moth
1. Noun. Medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars.
Definition of Lappet moth
1. Noun. (entomology) An eggar. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lappet Moth
Literary usage of Lappet moth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of British Moths, Sphinxes, &c.: Illustrated by Thirty by James Duncan (1836)
"... in most parts of England, particularly in marshy situations, to which it seems
to he partial. It occurs much less frequently in Scotland. LAPPET-MOTH. ..."
2. The Illustrated Magazine of Art (1854)
"The body is spotted or banded with rose colour and black. The feathered structure
of the antennae is also observable in the male of the lappet moth ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1904)
"THE LIFE STORY OE THE lappet moth By JOHN J. WARD THE lappet moth is one of the
... The mother lappet moth, about July or early August, selects suitable ..."
4. A Treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation by Thaddeus William Harris (1880)
"The moth produced from it was supposed by Sir JE Smith * to be the same as the
European Ilicifolia, or holly-leaved lappet-moth, from which, however, ..."
5. A Report on the Insects of Massachusetts, Injurious to Vegetation by Thaddeus William Harris (1841)
"... the American lappet-moth. Were it not for its regular shape, it might, when
at rest, very easily be mistaken for a dry, brown, and crumpled leaf. ..."
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